Improvement in lap-boards



PA'IENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. PEABODY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT EN LAP-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,969, dated February 24, 1874 application filed May 14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. PEABODY, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Lap or Cutting Boards; and I do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the drawings furnished, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of tables usually denominated lap or cutting boards, (although useful for various other purposes,) having for its object ready means of disconnecting its parts, that it may be folded into a small compass for convenience of packing away, or that it might be used in its full or diminished length, thereby making it extremely useful for a multitude of purposes. Being provided with a scale of inches marked thereon, makes it very convenient for tailors, dress makers, and the like. Provision is made for packing the legs, when disconnected, closely to the under side of the table, that when the table is disconnected, and parted at its center, the whole may be packed into a very small compass, no thicker than the two parts and two of its legs folded together, when it may be hung upon a peg by handles or loops prepared for that purpose, (see draw.

ings, Fig. 3,) thus occupying but a very limited amount of room; hence its great convenience over the old plan, making a valuable and almost an indispensable article for every ladys sewing-room.

Referring to thcdrawings, Figure l represents my improved table in its extended form,

` Y exhibiting its scale, Src.; Fig. 2, the table in its diminished form, or` one-half the length of Fig. l, supported upon three legs, Fig. 3, the table disconnected at its center and folded, with legs removed and placed in loops proY vided for that purpose, showing the handles by which the same is carried or suspended. Fig. A exhibits the bottoni of the table in its extended form, showing its attachments and means of connection.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improved table, I will describe in detail.

The materials and manner of preparing its parts are the same 'as adopted in the manufacture of ordinary tables. The legs areprovided with screws, for convenience of easy disconnection, formed on the leg itself, or by' `or hole at or in the end of the legs.

The bench or top part of the table A is made in two parts, divided in the middle, where it is made to connect by strips, (tongue and corresponding opening,) male and female, vF and. H. These serve as lateral supports to the two parts of the table. (See Fig. 4.) A hook, J, on one-half of the table, engages with an eye or other projection on the other half. Thus the two parts may be locked together. Handles I I are xed on each part, as shown in the drawings, for convenience of carrying or hanging u .Loops or bands of leather or other materials are secured to the under part of the table, into which the legs are thrust when detached, as shown in Fig. 3.

A scale of inches for convenience in measurin g the materials, being worked upon by the tailor, dress-maker, or others having occasion for its use, is marked on or near its edge on the top, as shown in Figs. l and 2 of thc drawings. i

This may be conveniently carried by ex cursionists and others, in consequence of its ready means of being folded into a small compass. It may be made of dimensions suitable to be packed in a trunk with clothing, thus being a great convenience to students and others.

Having thus set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letcrs Patent of the United States, is-

A cuttingboard, provided with detachable legs B, tongue and opening F H, fastening J K, loops E, and handles I, all combined and arranged substantially as and for the purposes s'et forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses this 10th day of April, A. D. 1873.

G. H. PEABODY.

Witnesses:

JOHN DANE, Jr., MANUEL M. COOKE. 

